Figurative Language Quiz #1

When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

A comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Words that represent sounds are known as:

• imagery

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

When the beginning sound of words is repeated, this is an example of:

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• hyperbole

When the author uses exaggerated text, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The girl was a kite, floating above the confusion around her."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The child's tears were like raindrops from a tiny cloud."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

"The shadows danced in the moonlight."

This sentence uses ______________________.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"I have a million papers to grade!" exclaimed the English teacher.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole